Serbs in Ukraine

Serbs in Ukraine are Ukrainian citizens of ethnic Serb descent and/or Serbia-born persons living in Ukraine. According to the data from the 2001 census, there were 623 people that declared Serb ethnicity, out of whom 219 had Serbian citizenship, 218 Russian, 104 Ukrainian, and 68 other.^[2]

Serbs in Ukraine

Серби в Україні Срби у Украјини Srbi u Ukrajini
Total population
623 (2001)[1]
Languages
Russian, Surzhyk, and Serbian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
Serbs in Russia, Serbs in Belarus

History

Main articles: Serbian Hussar Regiment, Slavo-Serbia, and New Serbia (historical province)

Notable people

Yevgeny Vuchetich

Zlata Ognevich

Marko Devich

• Yevgeny Vuchetich – sculptor
• Zlata Ognevich – singer
• Marko Devich – football player

See also

• Serbia–Ukraine relations
• Serb diaspora